Samir Becic Gears Up for Part 2 of Extreme Fitness Challenge

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Today, Houston’s Official “Fitness Czar” Samir Becic announced the next step in his extreme fitness challenges: walking 3 miles while wearing a 200 lbs weight vest.

This summer has been one of action for Samir- he just got back from a 464-mile hike while wearing a 55lbs+ backpack in Aspen, CO in celebration of his 46th birthday. This new challenge would best his last attempt in 2016, when he walked 2.87 miles while wearing a 200 lbs weighted vest. Back in 2016, he not only lived for 6 weeks at an obese weight, but he trained for months to be able to accomplish his goals- first, he wore a 120lbs vest, then a 150lbs vest, and finally a 200lbs vest. After that, in 2018, he successfully completed 8 marathons in 8 weeks while wearing compressed weights equivalent to 73.5 pounds weighted vest. 

Here is the full video of his grueling 2.87 miles while wearing a 200 lbs weighted vest:

You can read up on his previous challenges here:

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